not it's actually going to play out in their favor, but it's definitely a tactic that they see a as a winni winning one. >> are you hearing anything that this might expand and we'll see this with other congressional races? >> sure, some of the states you mentioned. we've also seen it in arizona where democrats are attacking representative flake and some of his votes on rape as well as in virginia against former senator, you know, in terms of the amendment on the ballot there. and we also are starting to see conservatives hit back. so, it will be something that's going to play out for the next month or so. >> well, todd akin just tweeted that he raised $1 million in online donations for his campaign and claire mccaskill said she's raised almost $6 million in the quarter ending in september. we've seen groups like emily's list and other groups raising money in missouri. how is money playing into this race? >> it's an issue because not only are the democratic parties in the senate and house doing this, but we're also seeing the conservative groups. there's a group up with ads that just started